Vietnam War Veterans Day at Veterans Park in Naperville
Military veterans bow their heads at the Naperville Vietnam War Veterans Day Observance at Veterans Park, March 29 to remember 11 Naperville residents who died in Vietnam.
Polar Plunge: Oak Brook, Yorkville
bers of the Paver Posse Plungers jump in ice cold water for their eighth year at the Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Illinois, March 19, at Oak Brook Bath and Tennis Club
Ukraine relief supplies take off from Aurora Airport in Sugar Grove
Volunteers load approximately 20 bags of Ukraine relief supplies Tuesday morning at the Aurora Airport in Sugar Grove bound for Krakow, Poland.
Understanding starts with information, tolerance
Tolerance of differences is the centerpiece to peace. Wars have been started because of minor differences, egos, insults, and bravado. Wars have been fomented because of religious differences. It is easy within religious beliefs and customs to view personal decisions as the best way forward, as truth, and unalterable. Clashes...
The seasons: Sacred to baseball
Here are signs of the seasons: Ramadan Begins, April 1 Ramadan is the most sacred month of the year in Islamic culture. Muslims observe the month of Ramadan, to mark that Allah, or God, gave the first chapters of the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad in 610, according to the...
Breakfast with Bunny adds egg hunt
Celebrating its 100th anniversary year, Aurora Noon Lions Club will hold its annual “Breakfast with the Bunny” egg hunt and pancake breakfast from 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 16, at Luigi’s Pizza, 732 Prairie Street in Aurora. The public is invited. For the first time, the event will...
Fermilab open again in Batavia
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is pleased to invite the public back to the Batavia, Ill. site. With the arrival of Spring, the lab grounds are open to the public for outdoor activities, such as biking, hiking, running and viewing the bison herd. There will be...
Nicor Gas makes additional donation
Nicor Gas is making an additional $1 million available to The Salvation Army’s Shield of Caring program to help assist customers in need who may be struggling in the wake of rising energy prices and inflation that have been further strained by global conflicts. In October 2021, Nicor Gas contributed...
Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association (AARTA) will resume in-person meetings
Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association (AARTA) will resume in-person meetings Tuesday, April 5. Dick Schindel, AARTA president, said the meeting will open at 11:30 a.m. with lunch at Gaslite Manor, 2485 Church Road in Aurora. In-person meetings had been suspended due to pandemic precautions. Aurora-area retired teachers are invited. Parking...
Hemp return a revival of a healthful, helpful, economy
First of two parts Winona LaDuke’s article in the 2021 Spring issue of YES magazine. Tribes are reviving traditional hemp economies. “More than 20 years ago, Alex White Plume, a leader of the Oglala Lakota, planted his first hemp crop on Wounded Knee Creek, on the Pine Ridge reservation in...
Sophia strikes out on her own to start a new life
The full moon rose over a great silence. It was March. The winds were less fierce now over the fertile acres of Tennessee land. The deer look out from the dense forest and similar to statues, are still. The crow of the cock will awaken the day and Sophia, the...
Reader’s Commentary: Being ‘woke’ seen as dangerous
By Bela “Bill” SuhaydaSugar Grove, Ill. What would you think if you asked a person what the weather was going to be tomorrow who answered, “I don’t know, I’m not a meteorologist? You probably would think they were joking…right? There was a question asked of candidate for U.S. Supreme Court...
Air Classics will open April 2
The Air Classics Museum of Aviation in Sugar Grove will open its doors for the season Saturday April 2. The Museum is one mile west of the Aurora Airport entrance at 44W546 W U.S. Route 30. The Museum will be open Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Admission...
Analysis of a person: Questions asked, admiration
Last week, it was interesting to see an educated, high-IQ person such as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson being badgered with questions from a group of low-IQ, slug wannabes. One GOP senator, Kevin Cramer, somewhat semi-apologized for his colleagues who were asking stupid questions just to get attention and be invited...
Aurora’s Christian Chavez talks with Dalai Lama
The official PeaceJam Foundation has a simple but action-oriented vision: To Make Peace a Verb. Built on the belief that young people are the key to organizing actionable, measurable, change for the better, PeaceJam is inspired by the youth around the world who manifest that passion for peace as a...
Batavia Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting for newly-renovated annex
Batavia Chamber of Commerce members happily celebrate the newly-renovated annex of the Batavia Chamber with a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 23.
Aurora University students support Ukraine
The Aurora University bronze Spartan mascot statue outside Alumni Hall is adorned with a mask bearing the colors of the Ukrainian flag and a sign stating, "We stand with Ukraine."
Hope D. Wall Elementary School special needs basketball at Aurora University
A special needs student from Hope D. Wall Elementary School in Aurora puts up a shot Thursday, March 24, at Aurora University.
National Library Week, April 3-9, theme: Community connection
First observed in 1958, National Library Week is sponsored by the American Library Association and celebrated by libraries across the country each April. This year, it comes at a wonderfully-exciting time for the Aurora Public Library District (APLD). We are planning our new Bookmobile, renovating and reimagining our branches, and...
Poetry contest, Escape Room, mini-golf, at Yorkville Library
The Yorkville Public Library Youth Service Department will have many events in April. All events will take place at the Library, 902 Game Farm Road, unless otherwise noted. For more information, or to register, call 630-553-4354 or visit www.yorkville.lib.il.us. • Poetry contest, all ages The Yorkville Library will be host...